Key climate tipping points may be closer than expected, raising the risk of accelerating warming, sea-level rise, and ...

Scientists say Earth is shifting from a merely warm planet toward what some describe as a “Hothouse” state, driven not just by smokestacks and tailpipes but by quieter feedbacks and thresholds. I see ...

The following conversation with Tim Lenton, the founding director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter and lead author of the 2008 paper that formally introduced the idea of ...

Global heating over this millennium could exceed previous estimates due to carbon cycle feedback loops. This is the conclusion of a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) ...

Sharp changes could result in a cascade of subsystem interactions that would steer the planet toward extreme warming and sea ...

Earth is inching closer to irreversible climate change according to a recent report by an international group of climate researchers and Earth System scientists. Tracking 35 planetary vital signs — ...

A new study in Nature Geoscience uncovers a surprising link between West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat and the growth of marine algae over the past 500,000 years. The team's findings suggest that global ...